John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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NUMBER: | 6196 |
AUTHOR: | Winthrop Mackworth Praed (18021839) |
QUOTATION: | Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; Sometimes for years and years together, She ll bless you with the sunniest weather, Bestowing honour, pudding, pence, You cant imagine why or whence; Then in a momentPresto, pass! Your joys are withered like the grass; |
ATTRIBUTION: | The haunted Tree. |
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